Users Guide

Updating firmware using DUP

Before you update firmware using Dell Update Package (DUP), make sure to:

• Install and enable the IPMI and managed system drivers.

• Enable and start the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service if your system is running Windows operating system,

NOTE: While updating the iDRAC firmware using the DUP utility in Linux, if you see error messages such as usb

5-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71 displayed on the console, ignore them.

• If the system has ESX hypervisor installed, then for the DUP file to run, make sure that the "usbarbitrator" service is stopped using

command:

service usbarbitrator stop

To update iDRAC using DUP:

1. Download the DUP based on the installed operating system and run it on the managed system.

2. Run the DUP.

The firmware is updated. A system restart is not required after firmware update is complete.

Updating firmware using remote RACADM

1. Download the firmware image to the TFTP or FTP server. For example, C:\downloads\firmimg.d9

2. Run the following RACADM command:

TFTP server:

• Using fwupdate command:

racadm -r <iDRAC IP address> -u <username> -p <password> fwupdate -g -u -a <path>

• Using update command:

racadm -r <iDRAC IP address> -u <username> -p <password> update —f <filename>

FTP server:

• Using fwupdate command:

racadm -r <iDRAC IP address> -u <username> -p <password> fwupdate –f <ftpserver IP>

• Using update command:

racadm -r <iDRAC IP address> -u <username> -p <password> update —f <filename>

For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.

Updating firmware using Lifecycle Controller Remote

Services

For information to update the firmware using Lifecycle Controller–Remote Services, see Lifecycle Controller Remote Services Quick Start

Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.

Updating CMC firmware from iDRAC

In the PowerEdge FX2/FX2s chassis, you can update the firmware for the Chassis Management Controller and any component that can

be updated by CMC and shared by the servers from iDRAC.

Before applying the update, make sure that:

• Servers are not allowed to power-up by CMC.

• Chassis with LCD must display a message indicating “update is in-progress”.

• Chassis without LCD must indicate the update progress using LED blinking pattern.

Setting up managed system